Five bowlers who didn't do justice to their talent

5. Devendra Bishoo

2011 saw the emergence of some of the most talented players on the world stage of such players such as Wahab Riaz and Darren Bravo. But the man who earned the ICC Emerging player of the year award that year was the little Guyanese leg-spinner by the name of Devendra Bishoo. This may have come as a surprise to some but those who followed his performance in the preceding months knew the youngster was going to take the world by a storm.

Bishoo came into the West Indies team during the 2011 World Cup and impressed many with his bowling against teams like India and England. His dismissal of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (out stumped) showed he possessed the rare talent of beating good batsmen in flight.

The encouraging signs became more substantial when he displayed superb control and skills in the home ODI series against Pakistan. Without having a proper googly but exercising impeccable control on line and length, the wrist-spinner made life tough for Pakistani batsmen, so much so that during one of the matches, the veteran Misbah-ul-Haq went up to him and patted him on the back after safely negotiating his final over of the match.

Bishoo's good run continued against Pakistan in the Test series that followed as well as during India's tour of the Caribbean and was sufficient to earn him the ICC award.

However, he couldn't sustain his good form and started to struggle at the top level. He started bowling flatter and quicker and lost the ability to deceive the batsmen in flight that characterised his bowling. West Indies eventually dropped him out of the national team setup. While he is back in the side and has produced some good spells, he is yet to achieve that distinction that he was marked out for.